I don't think Texas bairds are rare in collections. Quite a few breeders and hobbyists work with them. I usually see a couple tables that have bairds at a show when I go. The babies are a grey colored rat snake with about 50 crossbars and a stripe on its head that passes through its eyes. Not eye catching sitting on a table in a deli cup with corns snakes and their morphs, kingsnakes, pituophis, and other species. You generally will have to go up to the table and ask the person to let you see the Texas baird baby on his table. Almost all the baird babies at the show will look alike no matter what table they are on or who the parents are. There are subtle differences that each of us have tried to identify that will give us an edge on the next screamer adult. Most of us haven't been able to progress too far with that. I think most people so far have been hesitant to buy a baby snake that they will need to keep for a couple years to see what it will turn out to look like. Now that you've gotten the itch and interest, you will begin seeing more bairds than you thought were in collections. Here's an adult Texas Baird that I used to keep in my collection. Good luck Scott and I hope you find the bairdor bairds you want.



Terry Parks

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